Before his time on council, Brown spent 26 years with the Detroit Police Department.

He retired from the department as deputy police chief.

Brown was one of two officers who sued the city on grounds they were wrongfully fired in 2003 under then Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Brown and Harold Nelthrop won the whistle-blower case against the city and received an $8 million payout.

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